Watch MJ's Face Change Shapes

WE THINK FX's plastic surgery drama "Nip Tuck" should add a special guest star or do a special "Nip Tuck: Bahrain" franchise spin-off. (If "CSI" and "Law and Order" can do it, why can't "Nip Tuck"?) The special guest star would be former pop idol Michael Jackson. In this video, you can see Jackson's face evolve over time, as if there's an invisible sculptor molding Jackson's features with the skill of a demented Michaelangelo.
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» MILESTONES: Although we tend to steer clear of debates that happen within the walls of the Capitol, we'd like to make a brief mention of a very important event that happened in the Senate on Monday: Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., became the chamber's longest-serving member. Byrd, who came to the Senate in 1958, has seen our city change from a sort-of-sleepy bureaucratic town to the traffic-clogged metropolis it is today. Always a great orator, Byrd can cite Cicero and the Constitution at the drop of a hat. So we're going to point you to some of our favorite examples of Byrd's floor oratory from the 109th Congress. It's unlikely we'll ever get a man like Robert Byrd in office again. Thankfully, we have the Congressional Record, so here are some examples of his oratory — an artform that's been dying in the nation's capital for years now: His ode to springtime and Thanksgiving (with poetry) ... and we love the following exchange between Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Byrd, defending his sacred Constitution in a discussion about the use of the filibuster in December 2005 during the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court:

Mr. BYRD. He doesn't have a right to an up-or-down vote. A nominee doesn't have a right to an up-or-down vote.
Mr. FRIST. That is where we disagree.
Mr. BYRD. The Senator can't find that in writing anywhere in the Constitution. I can vote against a nominee just because, any Senator can vote against a nominee just because ...
Mr. FRIST. But you get a vote.
Mr. BYRD. The nominee doesn't part his hair on the right or left side. The Senator doesn't have to explain why he votes against. That is his right.
Mr. FRIST. But he voted, and that is the point.
Mr. BYRD. May or may not vote. The Constitution doesn't require that,
and the Senator can't find it in the Constitution. He can say all he wants.

"The nominee doesn't part his hair on the right or left side." Classic. [WaPo, Congressional Record]
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» DO THESE THINGS BELONG TOGETHER? 1.) The Black Eyed Peas 2.) The Raisa Gorbachev Foundation 3.) Orlando Bloom 4.) Claire Danes ... Apparently so, especially the last two on a dance floor. [NYP via Hollywood Scoop]

» WE MUST LEAVE EARTH: Noted astrophysicist Stephen Hawking told a sold-out audience in Hong Kong that human civilization must plant roots on Mars and on the moon in order to survive. According to the AP, Hawking said that "if humans can avoid killing themselves in the next 100 years, they should have space settlements that can continue without support from Earth." [AP via MyWay]

With contriutions from Chris Mincher and Donn M. Fresard

Posted By Michael Grass at 2:58 PM on June 13, 2006 Tagged in Free Ride

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